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Californiaen-cawebstaff@therepublic.comCopyright 2015Ship slowdown program in Santa Barbara Channel successfulhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/450b5383c0f746be815af8d402dcc137/CA--Ship-Speed-Studyhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/450b5383c0f746be815af8d402dcc137/CA--Ship-Speed-StudySANTA BARBARA, California - A pilot program that had cargo ships slow down in the Santa Barbara Channel appears to be working.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:25:43 -0500Pilot injured as biplane crashes in San Bernardino Countyhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/edc8ae830e7846b4aa4bf3928b429afb/CA--Biplane-Crashhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/edc8ae830e7846b4aa4bf3928b429afb/CA--Biplane-CrashMENTONE, California - A biplane has crashed into a dry river bed in San Bernardino County, injuring the pilot.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:08:57 -0500California man tries to rob diner with scissorshttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/a73af912d8b047eeb8daf48667b1f34a/CA--Restaurant-Robberyhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/a73af912d8b047eeb8daf48667b1f34a/CA--Restaurant-RobberyCLOVIS, California - A man armed with scissors called police and claimed he had hostages after attempting to rob a Northern California restaurant.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:46:35 -0500California lawmakers show wide discrepancy in missed voteshttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/0222dee096f54c6f990cb45789735d7f/CA--California-Delegation-Voting-Recordshttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/0222dee096f54c6f990cb45789735d7f/CA--California-Delegation-Voting-RecordsWASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy had the best attendance record among the members of the California delegation in the last session of Congress. He missed only one vote out of 1,204 cast.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:40:37 -0500San Francisco police find right prosthetic leghttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/72fd43a68bb943da812769d21d594e93/CA--Fake-Leg-Foundhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/72fd43a68bb943da812769d21d594e93/CA--Fake-Leg-FoundSAN FRANCISCO - Police are trying to find the rightful owner of a right prosthetic leg that was found leaning against a tree last week.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:52:07 -0500California police detain 3 in connection to a homicidehttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/9c3e6733b80d48cdacdae64c1a6d4fdc/CA--Dead-Man-Foundhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/9c3e6733b80d48cdacdae64c1a6d4fdc/CA--Dead-Man-FoundANTIOCH, California - A lucky break led Northern California police to a dead man after officers heard gunshots and saw a suspicious car speed away without its lights.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:26:04 -0500Ex-mayor Villaraigosa heads to Hollywood Hills with new homehttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/064af6bc810147c1b9fc4c4c432532da/CA--Villaraigosa-Hollywood-Homehttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/064af6bc810147c1b9fc4c4c432532da/CA--Villaraigosa-Hollywood-HomeLOS ANGELES - Antonio Villaraigosa turned his back on Washington and now he's headed for the Hollywood Hills.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 09:41:17 -0500Man charged in triple slaying seeks to avoid death penaltyhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/32670bb6885d4aaaa7963d5a44b230ea/CA--Marijuana-Deal-Killingshttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/32670bb6885d4aaaa7963d5a44b230ea/CA--Marijuana-Deal-KillingsSANTA ROSA, California - A 49-year-old man facing murder charges in connection with the slayings of three men during a botched marijuana deal is seeking to avoid the death penalty.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:56:25 -0500Sonoma officials oppose fluoride in drinking waterhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/de80d49648b54fd2aa4496ba603e6958/CA--Fluoride-Sonomahttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/de80d49648b54fd2aa4496ba603e6958/CA--Fluoride-SonomaSONOMA, California - Sonoma's city council is opposing a proposal to add fluoride to the city's drinking water, after hearing concerns from residents.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:40:09 -0500Fresno girl wins National Elementary School Spelling Beehttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/6d6eb2522e604aebb6e9f6d6323b465e/CA--Spelling-Bee-Winnerhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/6d6eb2522e604aebb6e9f6d6323b465e/CA--Spelling-Bee-WinnerLONG BEACH, California - A 9-year-old Fresno girl has won the 14th annual National Elementary School Spelling Bee. Her winning words: "hydrofoil" and "paucity."]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:22:09 -0500Man guilty of murdering grandmother; body still missinghttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/68cd27a4e3774995a5f8546d195a2722/CA--Grandson-Missing-Womanhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/68cd27a4e3774995a5f8546d195a2722/CA--Grandson-Missing-WomanRIVERSIDE, California - A Southern California man has been convicted of murdering his grandmother, whose body was never found.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:05:14 -0500Trucker charged for crash that killed LAPD officerhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/f897ef06b1234fde9af25346780cadb8/CA--Deadly-Beverly-Hills-Crashhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/f897ef06b1234fde9af25346780cadb8/CA--Deadly-Beverly-Hills-CrashLOS ANGELES - The driver of a runaway truck that killed a policeman on a steep Beverly Hills street last year has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 04:32:04 -0500Calif. sues glass company over hazardous materialshttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/61cb93c7b0f44d4d9524a516fd9f97d9/CA--Hazardous-Waste-Lawsuithttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/61cb93c7b0f44d4d9524a516fd9f97d9/CA--Hazardous-Waste-LawsuitMODESTO, California - California's Department of Toxic Substances Control says it is suing a glass company for violating recycling laws after it added hazardous waste dust to wine bottles made at its Modesto plant.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:43:28 -0500Firefighters disciplined over sexual behavior near academyhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/c313e74df33d4ecdbbedce53c397aa19/CA--Battalion-Chief-Stabbinghttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/c313e74df33d4ecdbbedce53c397aa19/CA--Battalion-Chief-StabbingSACRAMENTO, California - An assistant state fire chief was demoted for using a state cellphone and vehicle to arrange sex with escorts, and a firefighter was fired for sexually harassing a civilian at a graduation celebration near the state's fire academy, according to documents made public Monday.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:37:17 -0500Correction: Retirement Home Deathshttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/b545cddda3c444bda74b7589150de7b5/CA--Retirement-Home-Deathshttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/b545cddda3c444bda74b7589150de7b5/CA--Retirement-Home-DeathsNOVATO, California - In a story Feb. 27 about a possible murder-suicide of a husband and wife at a retirement home in Northern California, The Associated Press erroneously reported the day of the killings. They took place on Feb. 20 not Feb. 27.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:31:15 -0500Court rules against sex-offender law's blanket lifetime banhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/f692bb1e281641aba59fae9e698d3c77/CA--Sex-Offenders-Lawhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/f692bb1e281641aba59fae9e698d3c77/CA--Sex-Offenders-LawSAN FRANCISCO - State corrections officials cannot impose blanket lifetime restrictions on where sex offenders may live, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case challenging a voter-approved measure that prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:07:15 -0500California officials to supply just 20 percent of waterhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/465751ee46214f4598bd3f1e5ba6a551/CA--California-Drought-State-Waterhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/465751ee46214f4598bd3f1e5ba6a551/CA--California-Drought-State-WaterFRESNO, California - Water districts that serve 25 million Californians and vast farmland can expect to receive a fraction of the supplies sought from the state during the fourth year of the drought, officials announced Monday.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:01:14 -0500GOP vote to endorse gay group is momentous but incrementalhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/436aa86f5510412bac4d9c9d80402cb1/CA--California-GOPhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/436aa86f5510412bac4d9c9d80402cb1/CA--California-GOPSACRAMENTO, California - A vote to recognize the Log Cabin Republicans this weekend by the California GOP was a sea change for the acceptance of gays in the party and a win for moderates.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:01:42 -0500Hailstorm lets Southern California beachgoers toss snowballshttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/3d9d95eb71a548e79052ed4886cd024d/CA--California-Stormhttp://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/3d9d95eb71a548e79052ed4886cd024d/CA--California-Storm

LOS ANGELES - The beach at Southern California's "Surf City" turned white with hail as a storm roared ashore Monday behind a late-season winter blast that dropped snow and rain across the drought-stricken region this weekend.]]>